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Socio-Economics of Innovation

Objectives

Knowledge of innovation processes in the company level, and of its implications and needs from the point of view of economy and society.

Information on scientifica and technological policies at the regionnal and regional level, as well, European and of other worls levels (mostly, US and Japan).

Analytical capability for indicators on scientific and technological innovation

General characterization

Code

10506

Credits

3.0

Responsible teacher

Paula Cristina Gonçalves Dias Urze

Hours

Weekly - 2

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Português

Prerequisites

  • knowledge of English in order to be able to read scientific articles and reports related to the matter
  • basic knowledge on access to bibliographic data bases, either at FCT-UNL, or at www.b-on.pt
  • usage of computer means to organise the course report
  • regular access to the web page of the discipline

Bibliography

  • Cuhls, Kerstin; Knut Blind, Hariolf Grupp: Innovations for our Future: Delphi98: New Foresight on Science and Technology. Heidelberg, Physica-Verlag, 2002
  • Edquist, Charles (ed.) Systems of Innovations - Technologies, Institutions and Organizations, Pinter Publishers/Cassel Academic, 1997
  • Koschatzky, Knut; Marianne Kulicke, Andrea Zenker (Eds.): Innovation Networks: Concepts and Challenges in the European Pespective. Heidelberg, Physica-Verlag, 2001
  • Lundvall, Bengt-Ake; Borrás, Susana, The globalising learning economy: Implications for innovation policy, European Commission, Bruxelas, 1997.
  • Nelson, Richard R., National Innovation Systems, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993.
  • OECD, Boosting Innovation: The Cluster Approach, OECD, Paris, 1999.

Teaching method

Available soon

Evaluation method

The assessment in Socioeconomics of Innovation is continuous. The final result is calculated based on the weighted average of the test and the group project carried out during the semester. The final grade must be ≥ 9.5 points (the test is worth 40% and the project 60%). Attendance is mandatory, and students may miss up to three classes during the semester.

Subject matter

  1. Introduction to socio-economics of innovation
  2. examples of industrial application of new technologies
  3. presentation of cases of socio-economical innovation
  4. the enterprise and the socio-economic innovation
  5. indicators for the analysis of scientific and technological potential (macro, meso and micro)
  6. main lines and programmes of scientific and technological policies
  7. contribution of industrial R&D for the social and economical development
  8. the "state of the art" of technological and industrial research